Tool-hanixle



R. E. PERRINE.

TOOL HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.29. I9I6.

1,317,455. Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

the key 13 therein,

dle from rotating onlthe sleeve member 11,!

A wooden handle 14 is slidably mounted on the sleeve member 11 and isprovided on its inner end with a longitudinally ex' tending slot 15,which is adapted to receive thus preventing the hanwhile permitting thehandle to be rotated of the cap, the purpose of which will behereinafter more fully described,

' ber 11.

V The cap 16 is screw threadedly fitted in the end of the sleevesupporting member 11 and has its-opening 18 in alinement with theopening 3 in the wall 2 of the-socket memberv 1,/thus permitting theejecting rod to be arranged in the sleeve member'll and socket 1 to behereinafter more fully de scribed, V H The cap 16 is provided adjacentits periphery at diametrically opposite points with openings 21 whichare adapted to receive therein the ends ofa spanner wrench for se=curing the cap against the end of the handle 14 also within the sleevesupporting mem- 'The ejecting rod is designated 23 and is arrangedlongitudinally in the handle supporting sleeve 11, and has its inner endextending through and beyond the wall 2 of the socket '1 and terminatesat a spaced distance from one end wall of the slot 6, as clearly shownin Fig. 2 of the drawings. A supporting stop cufl' 24: is secured to therod adjacent its inner end and is located in the bore of the sleeve 11.A relatively weak coil'spring 25 surrounds said rod and has one endsecured to the stop cufl'24l and its voposite end abutting the inner endof the stud 19 of the cap 16, whichwill be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

The socket member 1 is adapted to receive the tapered head 26 of thetool shank 27 therein, whichshank is illustrated in the drawings as ascrewdriver; The tapered head 26 has its extreme end beveled onop positesides, as at 2 8, andis adapted to frictionally engage the side wall 7formed by the slot 6, when the head is inserted in the socketmember 1.The head 26' is ta pered, as shown, and is frictionally fitted in thesocket member 1 and has itsangular faces 28 alined with the reducedportion of the socket 1 formed by the Walls 7, and is by rotating thesleeve and socket therewith,"

inserted therein and its extreme inner end abuts the inner end 29 of therod 23, thus inserted in the socket 1 when desired.

'The'handle member 1 1 is provided with a plurality of longitudinallyextending grooves 31', which are arranged at 'a spaced distance apartaround the exterior thereof, so that a firm grip may be applied to thehandle when desired. p r

In assembling the device the handle is arranged, upon the supportingsleeve 11.

The ejecting rod is fpositionedjwithin the handle and socket, and thecapj 16 is screw threadedly fitted in the sleeve 11 and re movablysecured to the outer end of. the

handle, The tool, whether it be -a drill,

screwdriver or the like, has a tape'r'edlhead 26, which is of thestandard type, in serted into the tapered bOIB Qf thB socket member 7 ol, and has its inner end abutting the inner end of the rod 23, thusforcing the same outwardly and beyond the flange of the cap 16 whenthedevice is ready forfuse. When it is desired to remove the tool from thesocket 1 end of the rod 23 either byv striking the same with a hammer orhitting the same upon some support, driving its inner end into en;gagement with the inner end of the head pressure is applied to the outerl 26 ofthe tool, thus ejecting the same from the'socket 1; V What isclaimed is: Y i In a tool handle, a cylindrical metallic member having afront portion provided with a tapered bit receiving socket rear portionprovided with a socket opening out through its rear end, said member having a relatively narrow passage located beanda" tween and establishingcommunication between said sockets, a portlon of the 1111181" wall ofthe socket in the rear portion being screw threaded, an annular flangeformed on the outer side of and extending outwardly from the memberadjacent the front end of said rear portion to provide a shoulder, a keyformed on the outer side of the rear portion and extending rearwardlyfrom and formed integrally with said shoulder, a grip applied to saidrear portion and provided with a groove to receive said key, a hollownut adapted to'be threaded into said rear socket and having a relativelylarge flange adapted to engage the rear end of said'grip, the threadingof the nutinto said socket forcing the grip upon said rear portion overthe key and against said shoulder, a pin slidably mounted in the socketof said rear portion and having its ends located in said passage andnut, a shoulder carried by said pin adjacent said front end, and aspring surrounding said pin between said shoulder and nut.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

RICHARD E. PERRINE. -Witnesses WM. H. YOUNG, THOS. HAGKETT.

Copies of this patent inay be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

